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Special Report: Smarter IT

Smarter information technology can give businesses the competitive edge. From cloud computing and new web services to greener data centers and better security management, explore the ways IT is evolving to meet demand.

An Operating System for the Cloud

Google is developing a new computing platform equal to the Internet era. Should Microsoft be worried?

David Blumenthal

Health IT's billion-dollar man.

: Prescription: Networking; A new urban network suggests how technology could remake health care.

Annotated Areas

With the Layar Reality Browser from Sprxmobile, users of Android-based smart phones can see links to geographically relevant information overlaid in real time on camera views of the surrounding scenery.

Behind the Big Apple's Data Dump

NYC releases a wealth of data--but with a positive spin.

: Delivering Security on Demand; Companies are increasingly offering security products as services, but is it the best approach?

Catching Spammers in the Act

Researchers show how spammers harvest e-mail addresses and send out bulk messages.

Computer Clusters That Heat Houses

A novel water-cooling system makes it more efficient for computers to heat buildings.

: Privacy Requires Security, Not Abstinence; Protecting an inalienable right in the age of Facebook.

A Touch of Ingenuity

An inexpensive pressure-sensitive pad could make surfaces smarter.

No Reboot Required

Ksplice uses new technology to build security updates for Linux that can be installed without restarting.

: Who's Typing Your Password?; By watching how passwords are entered, a company hopes to make log-ins more secure.

Cuil Tries to Rise Again

Last year's "Google-killer" plans a comeback with social search.

Sending Cell Phones into the Cloud

New technology offloads processing from a mobile device to its cloud-based doppelganger.

: Bringing Books to Life; Templar Publishing has released the U.K.'s first book to be enhanced with augmented reality.

How Facebook Copes with 300 Million Users

VP of Engineering Mike Schroepfer reveals the tricks that keep the world's biggest social network going.

Street Sense

An iPHONE 3GS application from Acrossair offers a new way to navigate the urban jungle of several major cities.

: Senior Momentum; The Israeli company MediGait, headquartered in Bar Giyora, has developed GaitAid, a wearable display system that reëstablishes the feedback usually provided by tactile sensation.

A More Secure, Trustworthy Cloud

Virtual private clouds bridge real and virtual computing infrastructure.

Big Blue Sees Clouds on the Horizon

IBM's big cloud-computing plan starts with virtual desktops and software application testing.

: In Search of What Everyone's Clicking; A real-time search engine bases its results on users' browsing habits.

A Web Spider for Everyone

A startup uses PC idle time to crawl Web pages on demand.

A Better Way to Shoot Down Spam

Junk mail can now be identified based on a single packet of data.

: Faster Maintenance with Augmented Reality; Augmented reality helps Marine mechanics carry out repair work.

Adding Trust to Wikipedia, and Beyond

Tracing information back to its source could help prove trustworthiness.

A Smart Phone Built on Web Tools

Palm's new smart phone targets Web developers as well as a loyal fan base.

: Moving Data around the Clouds; A startup hopes to make it easier to hop between cloud-computing services.

Netbook Chips Create a Low-Power Cloud

A "fast array of wimpy nodes" could replace behemoth server infrastructure.

A Way Out of E-mail Overload

OtherInbox manages a user's automated e-mails.

: OurTube; "Open video" could beget the next great wave in Web innovation--if it gets off the ground.

Search Spammers Hacking More Websites

The head of Google's Web-spam-fighting team warns that spammers are increasingly attacking websites.

Firefox Aims to Unplug Scripting Attacks

How websites can block code from unknown sources.

: Antivirus Protection Gets Social; Can cloud computing and social networking improve security software?

EmTech@MIT Preview: Greening IT

A special notice from the publisher of Technology Review: as companies wake up to the need for datacenter efficiency, they are faced with a bewildering array of problems.

Software That Fixes Itself

A new tool aims to fix misbehaving programs without shutting them down.